Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-04
NEWS NOTES


enactment of the bill was secured by whole
sale bribery, but legislative investigation
failed, as usual, to establish the charge.
Governor Ames' veto viii doubtless prove
very popular in Massachusetts.
Twelve men of the requisite grade fof
ignorance and stupidity have not yet been
secured for the trial of Jake" Sharp at
New York. There is a prospect, however,
that the jury will be allied in a day or two.
Attorney General Hogg, Of Texas, ha
" ittsn to the states attorney OF MODtgO
cry county, in that state. directing his at
tentiOn to the recent murder of the cOlOred
boy, MCGEE, at Willis. by a mob of sO-called
'.respecta bic citizens" and declaring that
the murderers must be ''apprsheDded, and
prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
This is the first time that a Texas official
was ever known TO get excited over an
Outr-ge upon q ''niggers" and the manifesto
Of Mr.. Hogg will doubtless causs a pro-
found sensation among the cAivalry Of the
state.
Ex-senator Van Wyck has written the sec
rotary of the interior urging him not 70 sell
the abandoned military reservations until
the hftieth congress has had an opportunity
to bring them within the provisions of the
homestead act. The reservations embrace
about 1000 acres, and It Is understood that
certain cattle companies and other corpora
tons are scheming to get possession of them.
Under the act Of July 3, 1884, the secretary
OF the interior Is authorized to appraise and
such Of these lands a. are suitable for
agricultural or grazing TO entry under the
homestead act is palpable, and 1t is 70 be
hoped that Mr.. Van Wyck's suggestion viii
be Om2lied with
A Washington correspondent gives a
succinct and interesting history Of the
famous Maxwell land grant and of the
litigation connected Herewith. That there
has been a vast amount of chicanery and
fraud, both on the part OF the original
grantees and of their SUCCESSORS, appears to
be perfectly plain; but the supreme court, IN
its recent decision, held that the act of con
gress Of 1850, which confirmed the title to
the entire tract as now claimed to the
grantees, was final, and the text Of the de-
cisiOn leaves little ground to expect that It
viii be reversed. 1t seems that the atten-
ton of the court at the former hearing was
directed to most, If not all, OF the points of
any Importance now raised on behalf of The
government, aud it ia predicted that the
petition for a reargument will be denied. If
the claim is grounded upon fraud, as it IN
uuesdonably Is. it IA fraud that has been
iegsdasd and and confirmed by COMPRESSION
al action, and can not, therefore, be undOne
parently destined to prove one of the most
successful, as we'll Es one of the most
stupendOus, land-steals O. record.
A New York rumor says the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe company has pur-
chased the St. LOuis and Chicago railroad,
running 4E1-4 htAlGAQ 70 1N LOUIS WHICH
with the AtehisOn and Lake Erie and West
ern, Will make through line between st.
Louis and Chicago.
Advices from Panama say that some Of
the largest cuts made for the De Lesseps
canal have been filed with earth washed
from the mountains. Work that cost many
millions Of dollars is thus virtually de-
stroyed, and the prospects for the compile
ton Of the canal rendered more remote than
ever. It is to be feared that the sanguine
De Lesseps will not live to sail through his
canal, as he has 80 often predicted.
The various railroad companies whose
lines terminate at Jersey City are said to be
consi 1sring project for tunneling under
the Hudson river to Washington square, in
New York, where depOts, etc, will be estab-
lished. The enterprise will involve the eZ-
pendlture OF many millions OF dollars and
the necessary financial arrangements are
said to be well advanced.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, Mrs. J. n. Grouse,
of Chicago, was chosen president of the
WOman's Home Mission society of the Bap-
fist church. At the annual meeting OF the
American Baptist Publication society re-
tons of over $4,000 By two of its book
keepers, the recovery Of part of the money,
the conviction Of one Of the defauitsrs, and
the flight of the other to Canada. The
gross receipts OF the society for the year
| exceeded S624,O 200.
ION paper) TIE authorities at Charleston.
West Virginia, have determined to grant
licenses for the sale OF liquor. The fee, as
fixed by the legislature at its last session,
runs as high as $1,000 in incorporated cities.
The crops of the Red river valley, which
we're recently suffering for want OF rain, are
now said to be IN danger OF being drowned
out. The late rains are said to have en-
braced the entire wheat belt OF the north
west, and with the exception noted & out
look is generally favorable.
At a papal consistory held recently two
new cardinals were created, and ten bishops
were recognized in France and one ia Mex
leo. His holiness has proclaimed the new
Catholic hierarchy of Australasia.
New York dispatch says the proposed
action in behalf OF certain ex-hoiders Of
I Kansas Pacific bonds in Holland against
Jay Gould, Russell Sage. and Others to re-
cover abOpt S3,OOO.0OO will be instituted as
soon as the necessary papers arrive from
Amsterdam
The treasury department has forbidden
the importation or meat cattle or their hides
from Scotland until further notice, owing
20 the prevalence Of pleUro-pneumonia IN
that country.
The Illinoi state senate has passed the
bill authorizing the issue of bonds to the
| amount Of $4,000 for the protection Of
pubnc parks against impairment by water.
| The bill was drawn to allow the construction
Of sea vail at Lin 5Oln park in Chicago.
Just before the New York legislature ad-
/ iourned sine die, Mr.. William O'Brien was
/ introduces 70 the assembly, and made a
/ ten-minute speech, in which he Ecknowl-
edged warmly the sympathy extended to the
'Irish caase'' BY the American people. and
predicted its early triumph.
The king, queen, and prime minister of
/ Italy are said to be warmly in favor OF a
| reconciliation with the Vatican, and the
papal nuncio at Vienna declares that it is
only question OF time when this viii be
/ brought about.
Strikes in different parts of the country
I have injured business more or less, but it is
/ believed that the aggregate trade of the
/ United States IL at least 10 per cent. greater
than year ago This statements based on
/ trade reports from leading cities, bank
/ ciearings, and railroad earnings.
The Indianapolis, Decatur and Spring
/ held railroad has been sold under fore
| closure at New York, for 800, 600. It is
probable that an arrangement will be made
/ for the operation Of the road Jointly with
| the PEORIA Decatur z Evansville
The Presbyterians Of the northern states
/ gave St65sOOO for foreign missions during
/ 1886. Next year 1t Is intended to increase
the amount devoted to this purpose to ST.
100000.
/ Smallpox is prevailing along the Amazon
| river IN Ecuador and southern Columbia,
and the Indians are said to bs perishing in
great numbers-
/ A scheme is on foot to consolidate all the
/ cattle interests of the northwest into a single
| corporation, thatWiu control about S 900,
/ OJO worth Of cattle and grazing lands. The
/ usual argument Ia favor Of enterprises OF
this character-that 1t is absolutely necss-
/ sary 20 prevent ''ruinous competition % etc.
is urged By its projectors, and seems 70
/ have made 3 profound impression upon the
minds Of the ranch owners The prOspeet
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